The house was located at 228 Raymond Court
(the alley way between Penn and Franklin). The photo of the house
appeared in the April 2, 1928 Scranton Times. According to the report,
the house at 228 Raymond Court was a bawdyhouse. A bawdyhouse is a
house of prostitution. Marie Bell ran the establishment but was not
there at the time of the explosion. Later Ms. Bell was arrested on a
charge of keeping the "house", but released later after paying $100
bail.

The explosive was placed under the front porch
of the house during the early hours of April 2nd. A witness noticed two
men running through the court towards Spruce St. before the blast. Several
hours later, four individuals (two men, two women) were in custody on
charges of suspicion. Two men in the case were believed to be
underworld habitues.

This was the fourth bombing in
the city of Scranton since Dec 31, 1972. The other buildings bomb were,
the printing plant of the Scranton Sun on Dec 31, 1927; the home of
funeral director, Pasquale Cioni on March 7, 1928; and the home of
James Archer on March 11. (Follow the link to the original blog post to view pdf's of the original articles)

Back one summer evening
in 1926 in mountains east of Throop, there was a raid on a roadhouse
called "The Pig Farm". The roadhouse was discovered to also be a
bawdyhouse run by a Louis Monsing. The "farm" was raided by state
police and twelve men and three women were arrested along with Louis
Monsing. Mr. Monsing was charged with keeping a bawdyhouse, violation
of prohibition laws, keeping gambling devices, and possession of a
firearm. At his hearing, Mr. Monsing plead guilty to the charges and
was sentenced to eighteen months in county jail. So you think the
story ends there but the following summer, the "Pig Farm" was destroyed
by fire of unknown origin. The "farm" was not in operation since the
arrest last year of it's owner, Louis Monsing. (Follow the link to the original blog post to view pdf's of the original articles)